The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator Roessler - 1.
Confirmed.
Guthrie, Jackie,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator Roessler - 1.
Confirmed.
Mohr
, Judge James,
of Eagle River, as a member of the Government Accountability Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Absent or not voting - Senator Roessler - 1.
Confirmed.
Senate Bill 11
Relating to: time-share licenses.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 11 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
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Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Roessler be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
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Senate Resolution 8
Relating to: memorializing Congress to create a system that ensures that trade agreements are developed and implemented using a democratic, inclusive mechanism that enshrines the principles of federalism and state sovereignty.
The question was: Shall Senate Resolution
8 be adopted?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 11; absent or not voting, 2; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Kreitlow, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 20.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham and Olsen - 11.
Absent or not voting - Senators Grothman and Roessler - 2.
Adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: David C. Mills' dedicated public service on behalf of all Wisconsin citizens, particularly the members of the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that all members of the Senate be made coauthors of Senate
Joint Resolution 52.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution
52 be adopted?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator Roessler - 1.
Adopted.
Senate Bill 179
Relating to: calculation of operating revenues of certain energy utilities for the purpose of determining spending on certain energy efficiency and renewable resource programs.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Hansen, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate Bill 179
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 209
Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate Bill 209
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator Roessler - 1.
Passed.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Messaged.
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Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess.
10:32 A.M.
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1:30 P.M.
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The Senate reconvened.
President Risser in the chair.
The Chair noted the possible lack of a quorum.
The roll was called and a quorum was present.
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Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that she be recorded as voting: Aye on the confirmation of the Governor's appointments of Judge Michael Brennan, Judge William Eich, Jackie Guthrie, and Judge James Mohr; No on adoption of Senate Resolution 8; Aye on adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 52; and Aye on passage of Senate Bill 209.
Senate Bill 40
Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2007 legislature.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40 offered by Senator Robson.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendments 1 and 2 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40 be placed after Senate amendment 10 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40 offered by Senators Kapanke, Darling, Lazich, Harsdorf, Cowles, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Leibham, Olsen, Roessler and Schultz.
Senator Robson moved that Senate amendment 3 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40 be laid on the table.
